D&D 5E A Very Fine Hat

[Rabulias]

Reminds me of What We Do In the Shadows S01E03 and Laszlo's cursed hat.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Yeah, that's where I'm tempted to do the Evil DM thing "They weren't cursed, but they are now!!! Bwahahaha!!!"

No, EVIL DMs leave the hats un cursed, but work hard to make their players THINK they’re cursed.

Perhaps the hat is not cursed, but the hatband, feather, or conchos used are. Or perhaps before it was used to make the hats, the material got hit with the dust from a destroyed vampire or Lich...

Perhaps their style or color choice has political import, causing some to eye them with suspicion. See also gang colors, tribal associations and the like.

 

[Barbadoss]

I do similar things selling character's upgraded adventuring gear that seldom has a mechanical benefit. Like the collapsible ten foot pole that had special attachments to let them maybe do things, small cup to sample something liquid at ten feet, small wedge tool like crowbar to pry at range etc.

The one player goes and gets stuff from a leather worker halfling who sells several kits worked into her carry bags so she had a survival kit belt, and healer kit bandoleer and sells many unique leather goods , satchels etc that and adventurer might like and see as cool but have no real game benefit other than being cool.

Hey, it's one hundred percent possible! All you need is discipline, a good platform to do it and, I think, a bit of luck. First of all, forget about ebay or amazon. These are large companies, and you can make a good profit by buying goods there only if you are already a medium or large company. Secondly, I think you'd better think about toddler boy winter clothes, which can be found on thetrendytoddlers.com . I always buy there and there have been no problems yet.

I agree with you, it's very good!

 

[Bill Zebub]

This thread is full of win.

How about having the party stumble upon a crowd of excited people in the street. It turns out to be an impromptu auction for a very rare Especially Fine Hat, with the bidding going up fast.

See how far the players will go.

 

[aco175]

@Barbadoss welcome to the boards.

 

[Mad_Jack]

I love spending money on stuff that may or may not actually have any in-game effect - one of my characters in a previous edition was specced-out for twf with handaxes, so I had a special leather harness made up like an Old West gunfighter's quickdraw rig, except that instead of two gun holsters on the thighs, each side held three handaxes in the perfect position to be drawn as a natural extension of the throwing motion.

Two of my 5E characters are what you might call "well-dressed" - they each have several sets of clothes listed in their equipment, lol.
One of them is a drow fighter who uses her background as a merchant for the House her family belongs to as an excuse to adventure on the surface world - she has a horse and cart as part of her background equipment, and at least two of the chests in the cart are full of her own personal belongings. I play it as part of her character that she insists all of her gear is of the finest quality as befitting a person of her family's stature, and she wouldn't even go into a dungeon without being fashionably dressed.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

I thoroughly approve. This is the kind of entertaining side content that makes things exciting and fun.